*The Backstory When players first meet Dantea in DMC3, she is around 17 or 18, and the instigating event for her life as a devil hunter has long since passed. Dantea and her twin sister, Virgilia are the daughters of history's most powerful demon, the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda.

A year after her last encounter with Virgilia, Dantea is visited in her yet-to-be-named shop by an associate of Virgilia's named Madama Arkham.

Madama Arkham offers Dantea an invitation to the Temen-ni-gru on behalf of Virgilia; as soon as she leaves, Dantea attacked by a swarm of hell jailers. Dantea effortlessly kills them all, and heads to the tower in search of an "interesting time".

Virgilia plan is to reopen the portal to the demon world in order to obtain her father's power, in the form of the Force Edge, the weapon imbued with Sparda's power. Within the tower, Dantea encounters the demon Jester, who guides her through the tower for her own reasons.

See also encounters the demon huntress Lady, who seeks revenge against her Mother Madam Arkham for her murder of her mother. Lady dismisses Dantea as just another demon and attempts to kill her.*